Trump Administration Explores Costly Option For Greenland Takeover: Report
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The president's threats have given way to concrete preparations for seizing control of Greenland, according to The Washington Post.
The Trump administration is exploring a can-you-top-this financial maneuver if it were to obtain Greenland, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper wrote that one option in a White House cost analysis of a takeover is to essentially “offer a sweeter deal” to the semi-autonomous Danish territory’s government than Denmark does. The Danes allocate about $600 million a year to services for the island, WaPo estimated.
The U.S. offer under White House consideration “is a lot higher than that,” an official familiar with the plans told the Post. “The point is, ‘We’ll pay you more than Denmark does.’”
In a visit to Greenland last week, Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory. “You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,” he said to the European nation. The Danish foreign minister admonished Vance for using such a tone with an ally.
The newspaper cited the cost study as proof that President Donald Trump’s “musings” about annexing Greenland have morphed into concrete government action.
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